Preview: Ridge Spring-Monetta vs. Strom Thurmond
The Ridge Spring-Monetta Trojans will be playing at home against the Strom Thurmond Rebels at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Ridge Spring-Monetta will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps South Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 148th, while Strom Thurmond is ranked 49th).
After soaring to eight goals the game before, Ridge Spring-Monetta were a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 5-1 walloping at the hands of Fox Creek. Things were pretty much settled by the half as Ridge Spring-Monetta was already down 3-0.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Strom Thurmond gave their fans yet another huge victory on Monday. They blew past Saluda 4-1. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Strom Thurmond considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Helder Hernandez and
Hayden Horton, who scored all four of Strom Thurmond's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 25 so far this season.
Ridge Spring-Monetta's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Strom Thurmond, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Ridge Spring-Monetta might still be hurting after the 6-2 defeat they got from Strom Thurmond when the teams last played on March 5th. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Ridge Spring-Monetta was down 5-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
